Improper Data Handling Affecting strongswan package, versions <5.3.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-STRONGSWAN-1559980
  • published7 Sept 2017
  • disclosed7 Sept 2017

Introduced: 7 Sep 2017

CVE-2015-3991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 strongswan to version 5.3.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream strongswan package and not the strongswan package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.